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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmemgraph.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogleMemgraph LtdMicrosoft
Initial release2008201420172010
Current release7.2.4, September 20122.1.12, February 2017V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC and C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxhosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoTransact SQL
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Using read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DrizzleLovefieldMemgraphMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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